I.
of persons,
1.
opp. to
kalov"
,
mean, ugly,
Il.
2.
opp. to
ajgaqov", ejsqlov"
,
ill-born, mean, ignoble,
Hom
.,
Soph.
3.
craven, cowardly, base,
Hom
.,
Hdt.
,
Att.
4.
bad
of his kind, i.e.
worthless, sorry, poor,
k. ajlhvth"
a sorry
beggar, Od.;
k. ijatrov"
Aesch
.;
k. nauvth"
Eur
.;
pavnta kakov"
bad
in all things, Od.;
kako;" gnwvmhn
Soph
.;
-c. inf
.,
kako;" manqavnein
bad
at learning, Id.
5.
in moral sense,
bad, evil, wicked,
Od.,
Att.
II.
of death, disease,
etc.
,
bad, evil, baneful,
Hom
.,
Att.
; of omens,
bad, unlucky,
Att
.; of words,
evil, abusive,
Soph
.;
k. poimhvn
, i.e. the storm,
Aesch.
B. kakovn, tov , and kakav, tav , as Subst. evil, ill, Od., Hdt. , etc. ; duoi`n ajpokrivna" kakoi`n having chosen the least of two evils, Soph .:— kakovn ti e[rdein or rJevzein tinav to do evil or ill to any one, Il.; kako;n (or kaka; ) poiei`n tinav Att .; kaka; kakw`n = ta; kavkista , Soph.
2.
kakav, tav
, also
evil words, reproaches,
Hdt
.,
Trag.
C.
degrees of Comparison:
1.
regul. Comp.
kakwvtero"
Od.,
Theocr.
; but never in
Att.
:—
irreg.
kakivwn, on
, [with
iØ1/4
,
Hom.
, [with
i<Eth>1/4
,
Att.
2. Sup. kavkisto" , Hom. , etc. :—but ceivrwn, ceivristo" , and h{sswn, h{kisto" , are also used as Comp. and Sup.
D. Adv. kakw`" , Lat. male , ill, Il., etc. :— kakw`" poiei`n tina to treat one ill; kakw`" poiei`n tinav ti to do one any evil, Att .; kakw`" pravssein to fare ill, Aesch .; kakw`" pavscein Id.; kakw`" givgnetaiv tini Hdt. ; kakw`" ejkpevfeuga , Lat. vix demum effugi , Dem .: —Comp. kavkion , Hdt. , Att. : Sup. kavkista , Ar. , etc.
E. in Compos., when added to words already signifying something bad, it increases this property, as in kako-pinhv" : but added to words signifying something good, it implies too little of this property, as in kakov-doxo" . Once or twice it stands merely as an Adj. agreeing with the Subst. with which it is compounded, as Kakoi?lio" for kakh; [Ilio", kakovnumfo" for kako;" nuvmfio" .
kakovsito"
ka±kov-si<Eth>to" , on , eating badly, i.e. having no appetite, fastidious, Plat.
kakoskelhv"
ka±ko-skelhv" , ev" , ( skevlo" ) with bad legs, Xen.
kakoskhnhv"
ka±ko-skhnhv" , ev" , ( skh`no" ) of a bad, mean body, Anth.
kavkosmo"
kavk-osmo" , on , ( ojsmhv ) ill-smelling, Ar.
kakovsplagcno"
ka±kov-splagcno" , on , ( splavgcnon ) faint-hearted, Aesch.
kakosporiva
ka±ko-sporiva , hJ , ( spovro" ) a bad sowing or crop, Anth.